#horrordays

[mannyblacque]

Art by El Gato Gomez | Instagram

[cain-sawyer-son-of-the-saw]

[deuterosapiens]

My mother and I have a tradition of going to the movies on certain Holidays. Namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today's film was the remake of Nosferatu. Picture this: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out, Moana 2 is still playing, Wicked is still playing, and Mufasa is out. Should be a nice quiet experience. After all, who's going to go watch a remake of a 1922 German Vampire film (that itself was plagiarized from Bram Stoker's Dracula and subsequently sued into oblivion) when there's so many other, more enticing films to take your family to?

It turns out, everyone.

I have been to a theater this crowded once before, and that was for Aquaman 2. It was such a dsmn bizarre experience. I'm talking huge crowded families. I'm smelling pepperoni pizza and dill pickles (I'm from Texas; that's a thing here) while the plague made manifest is endeadening everything with a pulse.

If you have seen any of Eggers' previous films (The Northman, The Lighthouse, The VVitch), you will be prepared for the sort of authentic atmosphere this film provides. In modern vampire films, the vampie (spelled deliberately) is sexy, seductive. The Blood Curse torments you with side effects such as being too damn sexy for sunlight. Nosferatu here remembers that a vampire is virus, an infection. It's not sexy, it's the plague. A thing of death.

Nosferatu obliges your desire to be disgusted and mortified. Most Dracula adaptations do not disturb me. This one, rather thankfully, disturbs me.

I don't know too much about Lily Rose-Depp. I know her by way of her father, and her small role in Tusk. I can't be surprised I liked her here. After all, Robert Eggers doesn't use an actor who can't pull their weight. She's the emotional weight of this film and does a damn good job of it. To be fair, everyone works incredibly well here.

Bill Skarsgård has thrice now taken on a role in a film that's a remake or reimagining of a previous film. He's been Pennywise the Daaaancing Clown, he's been Eric Draven, and now he's Count Orlok. I'm not saying anything, but it's interesting he's done this many remakes. This one, however, is far more uncomfortable than his sanitized Pennywise ever could have been. In IT we've got a glimpse or two of what he can do. Here, he gives so, so much more (if you can ignore the mustache).

Like I always say, not for everyone, but this was certainly for me.

[vampvelvet]

Rudolph Roadkill

an idea I had in thr middle of the night and I couldn't get it out of my head so I had to paint it immediately. I stayed up to 3am

[mannyblacque]

Spooky season is not over!

Hell's bells

˚*:•̩̩͙ ✶ •̩̩͙:*˚

[baneshake]

Layers of Fear is (a bit of) a mess - Happy Horrordays!

[ahihistyle]

Cute Xmas Happy Horrordays Halloween Ugly Christmas Sweater

[pantamonte]

More like horrordays

[mannyblacque]

OH SHIT!

Oh can’t wait see how Art gonna destroy Santa in goriest way possible

[mannyblacque]

Art via Creepy Curious Prints | Instagram

[mikelogan]

🎃 TJ MIKELOGAN'S HALLOWEEN 2023 EVENT 🎃

RULES:

Use the tag #USERTJ to share your creations (and so I can reblog them)

Include "TJ MIKELOGAN'S HALLOWEEN 2023 EVENT" + that day's prompt in your caption

Reblog this post

THINGS TO KNOW:

This event is open to anyone who wants to participate -- gifmakers, editors, etc. -- and you do not have to be following me if you don't want to! Create gifsets, graphics, moodboards, whatever you enjoy!

You can do as many or as few prompts as you want! This is supposed to be fun, so no need to put unnecessary pressure on yourself.

Interpret the prompts however you see fit; stick to them as loosely or as rigidly as you want!

Make sure to check out the #USERTJ tag as well so you can see what everyone else is coming up with and share what they've created! Even if you're not participating in the event yourself, we love reblogs!

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!

PROMPTS:

DAY 1: A movie you watch every spooky season DAY 2: A Halloween comedy DAY 3: Based on real events DAY 4: Your favorite horror movie DAY 5: A Halloween TV show episode or special DAY 6: Favorite animated villain(s) DAY 7: Vampires DAY 8: A horror franchise or series DAY 9: Favorite movie monster DAY 10: Favorite horror director(s) DAY 11: A non-scary Halloween movie or show DAY 12: Found footage DAY 13: Ghosts DAY 14: A classic horror film DAY 15: Your favorite horror TV show DAY 16: Favorite gore/slasher film DAY 17: A spooky musical DAY 18: Black cats DAY 19: An animated Halloween movie or show DAY 20: Fictional serial killers DAY 21: A recent horror film (from 2010 or later) DAY 22: Favorite thriller(s) DAY 23: Haunted houses DAY 24: Favorite live action villain(s) DAY 25: A movie or show that isn't horror, but still scared you DAY 26: WitchesDAY 27: LGBT+ in horrorDAY 28: Favorite final girlDAY 29: Mike Flanagan films and shows DAY 30: Take a piece of media that isn't horror and make it horror DAY 31: Wildcard -- your choice

Below the cut, I'm tagging those who reblogged my original poll regarding this event and were either interested in participating or signal boosting, as well as some moots who've expressed interest in all things Halloween and horror.

@connie-rubirosa @laurabenanti @heroeddiemunson @ianmckellen @gatortillmans @evermoredlx @fabines @katieskrsgard @jakeperalta @finalgirlsidney @ghouls-ghoul @azrphales @sculien @katesharmasheart @natscatorrcio @magicaplin @logangarfield @tutontawan @ghosttfaces @iichliwps @nessa007 @antlerqueer @emmaswns @captain-hen @bloodcrimsonrain (so sorry if i missed anyone!)

[cannibalgh0st]

Merry Scarings and happy horrordays❤️🎄

This time of season is really hard for me and the closer it gets the end of the year- the worse! But I am grateful for all my Tumblr friends for keeping me company and having fun interactions with🫶✨️ hope whatever you're doing today is fun, restful and safe...*honk honk*

*👻*

[mastercontrol123]

Happy Horrordays! 🎄❤️

[slasheru]

Last Lore Roundup of 2023 now up on itchio and Steam!!!!!! ARGGGG!!!! This has been SO MUCH FUCKIN FUN, y'all!!! Can't wait for 2024 :'))))

[thekavseklabs]

[via bleedinghearth] Spades is getting a sweater, don't test him. Well, maybe do test him. It's a knitted one with a Cthulhu face with a Santa hat on that says "Happy Horrordays" on it, a bundle of chocolate candy canes, and enough cocoa mix to bury a kit. Vynathr, on the other hand, also gets a sweater, but instead of anything overtly Christmas-oriented, it just says "Save Me A Slice Or Else," with a picture of a pumpkin pie on it, the biggest hollow chocolate Santa he could get his hands on, and a tall stack of books he thinks he may have not read yet.

Spades immediately gives a delighted gasp upon seeing the design, and promptly holds it up to his shoulders. When it seems it will fit, he hurries to cast aside his current, overly gaudy sweater, and pulls on the new one, before bouncing on his toes a bit in excitement. "Ooooohohoho, I'm going to wear this so much."

Vynathr, meanwhile, reacts more calmly- mostly thanks to the fact that he's been feasting an ungodly amount for the entire day, and thus is able to be given a treat without immediately shoving it down his gob. He nibbles on the hollow chocolate, subconsciously engaging in humorous dismemberment in the process, and looks through the books carefully, hungry eyes drinking in every word on their covers and some of the words on their first pages as well. It's when he gets to the sweater that he huffs a soft, short "ha," and sets it in his lap before looking up to Teddy. "Thank you."

[urdeadbestfriend]

i JUST finished watching angels in america u r so right Really good episode .... i Love when they do stuff in different time periods bc riverdale is already so timemelty uno like . it could be anytime . also i was really into heroes (the show) back in the day this gives me suchhhh heroes energy . this is so exciting i feel like literally anything cld happen .... kj apa coild happen at any moment

season 7 anything is possible… I’d love to see them lean even further into the supernatural because can you imagine if they actually did zombies. The happy horrordays thing on Instagram zombiebaited me so bad I will admit but I will not give up hope